This is a wonderful cloth doll with a naïve nicely painted face, no in painting except a little on the back of her head. She has big brown eyes, rosy cheeks and a rose bud mouth. She has a firmly stuffed cloth body with attached arms and legs and has jointed knees. She has on a hand sewn blue polka dot dress that fits her perfectly and may be original and a white petticoat the is a little tight around her waist and is not original but does the trick...
Very rare found of early heeled leather shoes from around 1862/65 by Thierry ... a doll shoe maker how works special for Huret but also for other luxury doll shops in Paris at this time !
Extremely rare small size 2 all original heeled poupee shoes of fine lambskin , each are banded with brown silk around edging and ornate with nice silk rosette at shoe tip...
This highly desirable bisque headed doll was made by the famed German doll making firm JD Kestner. It is model 171 which came in several sizes, of which we believe this is the largest, made c. 1900. Although I measure it nearly 30 inches, some give its height as 28-30 inches. With its considerable height, we consider it a natural for certain decorating themes and scenarios - and its great age is no liability...
Very nice light green silk dress for your cabinet size French or German doll about around
13" / 14" ( 34 - 36 cm ) from later 19th. century .
Most hand sewn of light green silk with nice front decoration of row of ruffled silk and
very nice color full flowers trim .
Has lovely skirt of three ruffled silk rows , long sleeves and a nice matching color silk belt with ecru ribbons and middle brooch...
Not all dolls that are 17" tall look 17" tall and this in one of those dolls. Her stockinette body, while it is curvy is not big, it is softly stuffed and small around. My index finger and thumb go around her waist and touch. Her face kind of looks embroidered in pictures but it is a really nicely painted. It is not fragile even though the paint has body to it, maybe it is an oil paint. Under her painted mouth she has a two stitch mend. Her hair is made with, astrakhan, a lambs wool trim...
Well I am not sure Mother Congress would recognize this doll unless she took off her dress. This doll has to have had many hundreds of hours of play. The dress is obviously not original but I am sure it is nicer than a lot of dresses she has worn. She is 18" tall, cotton stuffed, many stitches replaces but surprisingly no holes just a worn area at the tip of her right hand. She sure isn't a Sunday doll but she could use a few understanding friends!
Circa 1900...
Most Alabama Doll collectors are quite familiar with the fabled story of the inventors rise to success and subsequent business troubles which ended the doll maker's career sooner than we have liked, but we are fortunate to offer a survivor from that in the form of this baby girl doll. It comes with a skirt, blouse, and bloomers, and display stand. The doll is about 19" tall. It has some damage seen in the photos: 1...
The face on this rag doll couldn't be more understated. Just some deepening of color for eyes, nose and mouth. She has a solid body that feels like it is stuffed with rags. Her arms end in little flat fabric with stitches for defined fingers but no stuffing, does the job with no big deal. She has on a faded red calico dress with a black and white calico apron. The dress is a little long but fits her nicely. Her arms and legs are jointed so she sits well. She is 12" tall and is circa 1890.
Lovely find of luxury early French wooden dolls Day-Bed with beautiful original fittings of color full silk curtains with silk fringes in rich decoration and matching pair of silk bolster pillows and mattress !!!
From France at 19th...
This little black rag doll has on flannel pants and a tan and blue striped pants. The clothes are not original and he may not have had clothes originally. They are cute and fit him well. He is cotton stuffed rather firmly. He has neutral pencil face but I wide line for his mouth that makes him look happy. He is a wonderful simple all American rag doll. He is 14" tall and circa 1900
From a private house at south of France we receives a special nice miniature doll stove in country shape included his lovely lot´s of enamel cookware and some accessory .... just as its previous owner got it as a child...
This is a large Gertrude Rollinson in really good condition with wonderful clothes. She probably has been repainted at some point. She has on a long white cotton dress with a slip that is the same length as the dress, well below her feet. She has on white socks and white shoes and a crocheted bonnet. She is in very good condition, is 26" tall and is circa 1907-1916.
For around 19" ( 48 cm ) French Bebe or German doll a stunning one of a kind silk costume of pale blue cashmere , has rare hand embroidered details with fine lace decoration , all complete most hand sewn and in generally excellent fabric condition to age from 1880th...
An absolutely wonderful Japanese antique doll of child. Each piece independently moving head , angles feet, arms and hands. Very finely hand carved and painted with stunning original pigment. Realizing and original glass eyes with sweet expression, wearing beautiful silk kimono Edo Period kimono (in great condition).
Mid Edo Period (1603 - 1868)
Dimension: 18" high (standing)
Family property all original early Bebe by Emile Jumeau with her trousseau of stunning couture clothing by Mlle. Jumeau preserved in a Trunk from France at 1880 th...
Very nice Beecher doll by a cottage industry in Elmira NY missionary group from 1893 to 1910. They followed a pattern but each doll is just a little different as the sewing was a group project.. This one has been recovered with black fabric over the original brown fabric. The brown fabric was not that sturdy and is often in fragile condition. She is wearing a red calico dress but probably not original. She is 20" tall
I think by this early EJ Bebe speaks eyes for itself ....she is a stunning all original Bebe by Emile Jumeau size 6 ( 18" / 46 cm ) .....
And I believe her! She is a no nonsense doll, stern but not mean. At 27" she sits and stands tall, her body is strong and firm and her head is upright. She is fully jointed and has fingers and thumbs. Her hands are unique, the maker sewed the outline of the fingers with the two pieces of cloth face out and then cut around the outside so there is a raw cut that is a bit messy looking but it worked. Certainly much easier that sewing on the wrong side pushing the fingers out. She is wearing a brow...
